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I've never seem this mentioned on here but does the suggestions feature also work with sport , Example if I gave NFL Monday night Football 3 thumbs up, it would very likely suggest other NFL shows.

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No, no, no not my taste in programmes but everybody to their own taste, l must rather watch Megacities, Paul Merton age of Hollywood and Morgan Freeman,s Through The Wormhole are just a few l am watching from my recordings.:D;):D

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My eldest son have given Live football the thumbs up and it has recorded Match of the day/2 and also some live football as well. So I would not see it been a problem :confused:

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Right just never seen anyone actually say it had suggested sport to them , however I suppose if your an avid sports fan it's common sense it would.

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Yes l watch horse racing and it has made that suggestion several times in the last week or two.

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Thanks mate - I think you will find it useful in the long run. Unlike DVRs that just record what you ask for Tivo is about collecting lots of tailored content for you to pick and choose from.

Suggestions are effectively treated as free space on the HDD so there is no reason not to let that free space be used to gather a back-up library of programmes you might like for those odd times you run out of things to watch or want to try something new.

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Suggested & Recorded the IPL matches after cricket got a thumbs up earlier.

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Oh i laaaaaaaaaaaarf

:D

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I was just about to comment on that -
But you pipped me to the post!!
:):)

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You need to watch Modern Family... it's hilarious.

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well its just not for me l am afraid but everybody to their own taste.

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Yes it is:D:D:D Also Raising Hope is a good one as well:D:D:D:D

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How do you know if you have not seen them:confused:

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Because l do not like american comedy and never have done, give me british comedy any day of the week.

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Just because you've never liked anything you've seen before doesn't mean you won't like this.

If you didn't laugh at Friends, then there's something wrong with you. :|

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Well just for you l will give it another watch when l have recorded a episode through tivo.

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In general i would agree however one american comedy that does chime in with the british sense of humour i find is "curb your enthusiasm" with Larry David (the writer) in circumstances that reflect real lfe situations i find it hiliarious. :D

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Now that is 2 series l will have to add to my series link, any more and l will be running out of space.:D:D

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They need to make one with a bigger hard drive still.LOL :D:D

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It's on More4 possibly could be soon in HD ;)

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Me too! I think it's down to a different sense of humour but I just don't get the American comedy.:confused:

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Yes we now need a Tivo with a 3TB hard drive.:D;):D

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I will second that Richard. I had watched a couple of the first series and decided it was a bit off the wall even for me. A few days ago tivo recorded an episode as a suggestion and I decided it to give it another try. I've now put it on series link. It was the one where a lady's plump belly saved Larry David's life after he nearly fell off a roof. Funniest ending to a comedy I've seen in years. :)

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Yes l love my British comedy and who can forget some of the wonderful series of the past.

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IMO British comedy used to be the best but since the BBC seems to have given up on mainstream comedy several years ago then I can only find American comedy series worth watching.

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Yes so do I and as you say who can forget the great comedy's of the past, But some of the new US ones are getting better:confused:( But not as good as the home-grown ones )

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Yes BBC,SKY,and ITV should invest more in British comedy.

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We have always had our own distinct sense of humour in this country.

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I have the box set series 1-7 the writing is top notch and is consistant.As this clip called "splashback" from series 7 illustrates ps it will offend the religeous.;) The lady with the belly is in there too this must have been the episode you watched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsQyoCMIUk&NR=1

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I think its just the fact the US networks have much deeper pockets.

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They always have though and the BBC still made some of the best comedy series in the world.

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:D Yes that's the one Richard. Comedy genius.

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I agree but just look how much the BBC has had to cut off their budgets over the last few years , a lot of famous British actors/actresses head to the states now as the BBC simply can't offer them as much.

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Whilst we're recommending US comedies; "The Big Bang Theory" get's my nod.

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Remind you of anyone:confused:

Only joking Carl:(

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I never look at what country a show is form, if its good its good. There might be some extremely good British comedy but there is quite a bit rubbish around as well.

In recent years there has been some superb US comedy:

Curb your Enthusiasm
Community
The Office (just get past the horrid first season)
Parks and Recreation (This show is just superb)
Big Bang Theory
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (might be a bit to twisted for most)
Two and a Half Men (you either love it or hate it but I find it a very switch your brain of an go with flow)
Modern Family
How I Met Your Mother
Party Down

As you can guess I am a US TV junkie.

The only British comedy in recent years that has got me laughing is The In betweeners and Peep Show.

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Not in the slightest :p:

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As am I, but mainly their dramas. Not a big fan of comedy; though I might give "Curb..." a try sometime. Plus I have a wishlist for S1E1 of "2.5 Men" just to see what the fuss is about :)

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Yes looking at his Avatar he reminds me of Angus Loughran or Statto as he is known as.

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First episodes of a TV show are never the best indicator of how good a show is. If you like Big Bang make sure you check out the unaired pilot, a different a cress plays Penny and the group dynamic is very different.

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Only had Tivo about 5 weeks, and it's already 50% full with HD recordings and suggestions turned off. There's also hours on the 2 V+ boxes we have. And it all belongs to my good lady. We have just chucked loads of old videos away - goodness knows how much of those was never watched. Anyone else in the same boat?

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What you would ideally need is the what is available in the USA as per link below:

http://www.readynas.com/?p=4324

Not 100% sure of its connectivity versus Cisco box used by VM but a nice solution for those recordings you may want to "tuck away" to look at at some stage in the future.

Up to 55% myself now as record HD for everything where possible now and would be interested in this solution myself for long term storage of programmes.

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I think you have the same opinion as I do. It's great to have the capability of recording (and keeping) 120 hours of HD programming but so what if you never watch it. When could anyone ever find time to watch 120 hours of programming?

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My take on having a large list of recorded programmes is that you may not want to watch them all, but decide now and again you may want to watch one of them.

It’s like making your own TV Choice list with your own preferences; never intend to watch everything recorded, but a ready made portfolio of programmes you like previously recorded and available to you any time no matter how long you keep them, while TV Choice will drop series/programmes after time.

I’m recording all episodes of “Seconds from Disaster� off the Nat Geo channel for example all in HD. Will probably only watch one now and again so would probably take me years to go through every episode. But at least I have them available at any time I want to watch and would prefer them to be off the Tivo HDD so I can pull them back when I want to watch them. Even with a 1TB GDD, Tivo is not best for long term HD programme storage like this so reason why interested in the Netgear readyNAS solution which seems to be available to work with Tivo in the USA.

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Yes this is my take on this:D I have 3 kids and we have recorded a lot of Movies for the kids in SD. All mine and my partners programmes are recorded in HD and we are at 34%.

So as you say it is like making your own "ON DEMAND":D

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In same situation, my kids record every Doctor Who episode and Doctor Who Confidential as well, they tend to keep them on the HDD forever and keep watching them well past any showing on BBC iPlayer.

So you only need 5 or 6 series like this and even with 1TB, this will start to become an issue.

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Until VM change to Mpeg 4 and your 1TB box suddenly records 240hrs of HD. :D

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Yes I know what you mean:D And also as you say if you get 5 or 6 series it will start to be a issue, They should have put a bigger HDD in (But then some would say they still have not enough space:p:).

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This is also true:D I think that is why they are trying to get everyone on to TIVO or the V-HD :confused:

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Very true as the V-HD and TIVO are all Mpeg4 capable.

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Will be nice if VM delivers agree.

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As is the Samsung V+ box.

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I'm sure they will adopt it at some point , and then you'll squeeze even more series on.:D

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You learn something new every day:D I just thought that the TIVO and V-HD boxes were backwards compatible :confused:

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Nope it's only the SA V+ that are holding back the mpeg4 switchover.

Be interesting to see the numbers on how many there are out there.

The problem here is recording things for "long term storage" isn't actually legal. The idea behind home recording is for the purposes of time shifting, not to keep copies of programs indefinitely.
There's a whole load of minefields that need to be navigated to allow people to export recordings from the stb to other storage.

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Have ordered the 500G box.

With my current V+HD box I take the SD output from the VCR scart (works when the Box is in HD) and via an RF modulater send the out put to another TV in a different room. This works fine although menues dont show as the scart dosent support overlays.

Does anyone know if I can do the same with the single scart on the back of the TiVo box?

Sorry if this has been discussed already.

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Yes it will, and menus will display as well

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I get 'HDMI Connection not supported' or something like that!

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Many thanks that great!

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I just got a new TV (albeit 2010 model) and that popped up few times - i first thought it was the TV but quick google pointed to an HDMI handshake problem between Tivo and TV

the post i read recommended updating TV software - i checked for my TV and there was an update - i installed it 30 seconds and it hasn't happened since

give that a try -failing that try a new HDMI lead or clean the one you've got and make sure it's not running near a power lead - HDMI leads are notoriously flaky connection - but they are cheap

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Two very good reads and could also be a sign of what is coming soon?

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-n...SPR____0766760

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-n...SPR____0766759

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Yes a interesting read Devil.

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So can we all start asking when we are going to get the forth tuner :)

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Very true :D:D But it shows that they have learned something off of VM with having a none DVR as well:confused:

I like this bit of the statement?

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That would be nice having a forth tuner as 3 sometimes is not enough.

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I would like that but setup in the same way V+ was in that the 4th is always available to change channel etc so still recording 3 in the background.

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I think we have missed the boat on that one though. :)

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This will be different hardware so will not be the VM Tivo and a new USA platform for Tivo themselves.

If the drop padding issue is resolved when you have back to back recordings each having padding set) then 3 tuners are fine enough for me.

Nice to have more but not really essential IMHO.

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Would be nice that , it sounds lke a whole home streaming option could be possible between TIVO and VHD boxes.

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Right first proper fiddle around today with TIVO a friend has just had the 500gb installed within the last week here's my views.

Menu Speeds on the whole were pretty good , once or twice going into My shows was a little sluggish but nothing to bad. The search and browse feature was pretty nice and I like the way it finds shows as your typing , a little gripe here is how you enter the text.

The graphics and general epg look nice and will be even better if all screens get updated with HD. I had a quick play with the YouTube app which I found ok.

I didn't play around with some of the other good stuff like wishlists and series links as obviously the box isn't mine but he assured me the wishlist had picked up shows he'd asked , he thought the series link was a pain and agreed global padding would be a good thing.

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From the things that TiVo are doing at the moment it looks very possible?

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-n...USPRX___224156

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Some helpful TiVo vids HERE

They are also available on your VM TiVo box in the Help section

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I have a TiVo box! Just thought I'd let everyone know :D
It took a live demonstration to persuade me though. Well worth the money, in my eyes.

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Yes it is light years ahead of their other boxes.

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[QUOTE=muppetman11;35261237]http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/perip...gin-media-tivo

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Quote:

And we’d also like to have a good moan about the fact that BBC iPlayer programming is not available in the TV Guide in the same way that ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are

Quote:

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[QUOTE=passingbat;35261616]Thats because some of them on there do not do their homework fully.

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I am afraid I just cancelled mine.

Just to many negatives on here and the questions regarding picture quality were a deal breaker. i am sure it will improve and I am sure also it is the way forward but for now I dont want to be a beta tester and pay for this.

I also dont see how a product can go to launch with so many bugs.

I am happy with my SA V+HD box that give a great HD picture and a very good SD picture so I will stick with it untill Tivo is sorted.

BTW I have a great deal of respect for those "testing" it out but realy Virgin shouldnt do this to paying customers.

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I am sorry but l disagree with a lot you have just said about the tivo as my tivo which l have had for 9 weeks iis working perfectly and has been since it was installed.

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I will agree with you DEN as I have mine sine the start of March and have not had a problem with the the box and also the PQ as well:confused:

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No just polite discussion and debate.

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Sorry to hear that but I respect your decision. It is a shame that you didn't give it try. The TiVo is leading edge tech and as such will have issues but you will find that the vast majority of users are very happy with the box. I think the PQ issue is much exaggerated. My experience of SD quality is that it is just as good as the V+.

Come back some day soon!:)

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Hi

I am sure that when it works it is great and certainly the way forward. I am also sure that there are a lot of satisfied customers out there but the negatives being aired here just made me a little hesitant thats all.
My current set up works well gives me a great picture in SD and HD and never needs a re-boot (Ok once in a blue moon) and importantly I dont record a great deal so the HD size is not really an issue for me.
I will no doubt go for the Tivo at some stage but not quite yet.
regards

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I got a TiVo for my bedroom and love it. One major benefit which was unexpected, is it's almost total silence. My old V+ box was very noisy.

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Anyone else having to regularly enter a passcode for cbeebies? Seems to regularly have no channel information on this one channel, resulting in a passcode request for content. It's cbeebies, if any channel never needs that it's this one. My kids watch it all the time, most used channel on the box - getting fed up having to keep enter the passcode when I turn the telly on!

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Have you tried to re-boot the box and also connect to the VM service as well? To see if that will help you?



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This is a link from the e-mail that is been sent out?

http://tivo.virginmedia.com/welcome.html

Not bad But I have my Tivo since the beginning of March?

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The whole passcode requirement is a joke. I seem to have to enter a code for almost every programme, things like The Royal and Antiques Roadshow.:mad:

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Just went on the link and i see there is a play.com app on ther maybe just maybe it might be coming....a big maybe.:)

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Maybe it's the new 18+ series

C-boobies

:o)

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Love it Jethro!:LOL:

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A wonderful and very helpful post for the question that has been posted?:confused:

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:shocked: Mate - better check down the back of your sofa you seem to have lost your sense of humour!

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I noticed that too.

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Looks good, just need it now!

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Very nice.

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http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/4079...-tivo-ipad-app

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/06...rets-revealed/

Few more sites carrying article now

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Now they just need to be platform neutral with the app, there's no reason why only iPad should get it and the PlayBook, TouchPad and the plethora of Android tablets not.

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Agree they need to concentrate on the other tablets as well

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AM sure VM will eventually support other platforms but currently only the iPad app is being worked on. This is due to the fact that TiVo only have an iPad app. Once they make the apps I am sure we will get them too.

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TiVo are working on an Android app at the moment. ;)

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Thats great.

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http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/...irst-tivo-ads/

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http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...032&highlight=

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A good chance to convince people of the superior merits of the Tivo.